UNIDEE
is
based on the following declaration by the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto:
“Art is the most sensitive and comprehensive expression of thought,
and the time has come for the artist to assume responsibility for establishing
communication between every other human activity, from economics to politics,
from science to religion, from education to behaviour, in brief all areas
of the social fabric” (Progetto Arte manifesto,
1994).

UNIDEEplaces
creativity at the centre of research directed towards the responsible
transformation of society.

The underlying aim is to react
to the profound contradictions stemming from the contrast between the
exponential growth of the technological and economic-financial systems
that we call “progress” and the “regress” produced
by the tragic deterioration of the planet and the inhuman conditions of
physical and moral poverty to which a large part of the world’s
population is subjected. The time would seem to have come for the human
race to act with maturity and to assume responsibility on a planetary
scale.

UNIDEEseeks to bring available creative
forces to bear on a central theme, that of a new conception of global
civilization.

UNIDEE is directed in particular to
people with project development skills who are capable of making innovative
proposals in all areas of the social fabric. This regards all orders of
realization – from the practical, everyday object to the large-scale
physical habitat and mental habitus.

UNIDEEis a workshop in which humanistic,
scientific and social disciples such as sociology, economics, philosophy,
politics, physics and biology are integrated with the arts – music,
visual arts, theatre, literature, dance, photography, architecture, fashion
and design.